BMW Drivers Back on the Podium at Indy; 2nd and 3rd in Grand Sport, 3rd in Street Tuner

Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – July 28, 2014 . . . BMW’s
history of strong results in Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course continued for the
third consecutive year with podium finishes in both classes in
Friday’s 2.5-hour race at the legendary circuit.

Trent Hindman consolidated his lead in Grand Sport class driver
championship with a second place finish in the No. 46 Fall-Line
Motorsport BMW M3 he shares with John Edwards. Edwards started the
race from his outside front row qualifying position. Hindman drove the
second half of the race, to complete 86 laps of 2.435-mile, 14-turn
circuit during the contest and finish 3.494 seconds behind the winning
Camaro. Fall-Line teammates Shelby Blackstock and Joey Atterbury ran a
strong race, leading 17 laps and finishing third in the No. 48 M3.
Turner Motorsport drivers Tom Kimber-Smith and Michael Marsal finished
seventh in the No. 97 M3.

In the Street Tuner class, Jeff Mosing and Eric Foss finished third
in the No. 56 Murillo Racing BMW 328i. They were the top-finishers of
the nine BMW machines in the ST class and the result keeps Foss at the
top of the ST driver points standings.

“Congratulations to Fall-Line Motorsports and Murillo Racing on a
pair of strong performances at Indy,” said Gordon McDonnell,
BMWNA Motorsport Manager.

“It was a fight to the finish in both classes. BMW continues its
podium streak for three consecutive years at the iconic Indianapolis
Motor Speedway and Hindman and Foss stay on top of their respective
driver’s championship.”

Today’s race will be broadcast on FOX Sports 1 at 12:00 p.m. ET on
Sunday, August, 3rd. Round 9 of the 2014 CTSCC will be held at Road
America, in Elkhart Lake, Wis., on July 9th.

BMW Group In America

BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the
United States since 1975. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began
distributing vehicles in 2003. The BMW Group in the United States has
grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations
for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI
brand, and the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, a
strategic design consultancy in California; a technology office in
Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country.
BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group’s
global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant
for all X5 and X3 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 and X4 Sports
Activity Coupes. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in
the U.S. through networks of 339 BMW passenger car and BMW Sports
Activity Vehicle centers, 139 BMW motorcycle retailers, 120 MINI
passenger car dealers, and 35 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. BMW (US)
Holding Corp., the BMW Group’s sales headquarters for North America,
is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via
the Internet at: www.bmwgroupna.com.